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Cubitostrea tecticosta
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Taxonomy
Oyster
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalve
Order: Ostreoida
Family: Osteidae
Genus: Cubitostrea
Species: Cubitostrea tecticosta
Author Citation (Gabb, 1860)
Geological Time Scale
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Mesozoic
Period: Cretaceous
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Late
Stratigraphy
Mount Laurel Formation
Provenance
Collector: Heather Siple
Date Collected: 10/16/2016
Acquired by: Field Collection
Dimensions
Length: 17.5 mm
Width: 13.0 mm
Height: 6.8 mm
Location
Reedy Point spoils pile -North Side
New Castle
Delaware
United States
Comments
This was found in the spoils from dredging the C&D Canal in the 1980s. Recent removal of spoils sand for road construction in the area exposed previously- inaccessible layers of sand. Originally identified as Ostrea tecticosta. It remains in the same family. Being much less common than its cousin O. falcata, this species is not listed in the Delaware Geological Survey's bulletin about the fossils of the Canal. It is distinguished by its large attachment point.
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